Table 2.
Admission clinical characteristics by treatment group.
| MED∗
N = 46 |
MED/IRD N = 26 (p) |
IRD N = 15 (p) |
SURG N = 26 (p) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duration of pain prior to presentation (days) (mean ± SD) | 5.49 (4.87) |
5.2 (5.68) 0.82 |
4.25 (2.7) 0.4 |
2.6 (2.16) ∗∗ 0.03 |
| Presence of cervical motion tenderness (CMT) | 22 (58%) | 8 (44%) 0.26 |
1 (20%) 0.13 |
0 (0%) ∗∗ 0.01 |
| Admission temperature (F) (mean ± SD) | 100.6 (1.84) | 99.7 (2.02) 0.08 |
100 (2.03) 0.3 |
99.9 (2.13) 0.2 |
| Mean white blood cell count (WBC), K/μL (SD) | 13.9 (5.12) | 15 (3.97) 0.3 |
18.7 (5.94) ∗∗ 0.003 |
16.5 (5.82) ∗∗ 0.05 |
| Unilateral abscess | 30 (71%) | 19 (76%) 0.28 |
12 (80%) 0.38 |
20 (80%) 0.31 |
| Largest dimension of TOA (cm) (SD) | 5.18 (2.05) | 7.42 (3.22) ∗∗ 0.02 |
6.78 (2.95) ∗∗ 0.03 |
7.85 (3.96) ∗∗ 0.001 |
∗ MED is reference group for comparisons.
∗∗ p < 0.05 denotes statistical significance.
MED: intravenous antibiotic treatment only.
MED/IRD: initial interventional radiology drainage with concurrent intravenous antibiotics.
IRD: failed intravenous antibiotic treatment requiring subsequent interventional radiology drainage.
SURG: initial surgical intervention.